# CarVector Vehicle Data API

> CarVector Vehicle Data API is a paid API for AI agents from api.carvector.io, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-02).

Looks up structured vehicle data (make, model, year, horsepower) for one or more vehicles in a single API call

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://api.carvector.io/v1/vehicles?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-02
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/carvector-vehicle-data-api-c60acfd8
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap__-DpMEjKRjYByMo5Mo8FF

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability carvector-vehicle-data-api-c60acfd8 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you look up the specs for a BMW M3 — I need the year, model, and horsepower from CarVector's vehicle database?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured, authoritative vehicle specification data including make, model, year, and horsepower in a single fast call. Ideal for automotive apps, comparison tools, content enrichment pipelines, or any agent workflow that needs to validate or display car specs. Prefer this over scraping web sources or relying on general LLM knowledge for precise vehicle figures.

## Known failure modes

- No matching vehicles found for the query parameters — returns empty results array
- Invalid or unsupported query parameters — may return 400 error
- Payment failure via x402 protocol — call not processed
- Rate limiting if too many calls are made in a short period
- Incomplete or missing data for niche or rare vehicle models

## How this service works

CarVector vehicle data — single API call

## Output

Returns a paginated list of vehicle records, each containing a unique vehicle ID, make, model, year, and horsepower. Also includes total count, limit, and offset for pagination.

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "count": 1,
 "limit": 10,
 "offset": 0,
 "results": [
  {
   "id": "tpqep1eykfzk352",
   "make": "BMW",
   "year": 2029,
   "model": "M3",
   "horsepower": 503
  }
 ]
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/carvector-vehicle-data-api-c60acfd8/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from api.carvector.io](https://www.zero.xyz/host/api.carvector.io/llms.txt)